CFP: At the edge of perception: Victorian conceptions of the unseen universe (11/1/2012; 6/1-4/2013)

Joint Session CFP for ACCUTE/NAVSA:

At the edge of perception: Victorian conceptions of the unseen universe 

ACCUTE 2013

Victoria, British Columbia

June 1-4, 2013

We invite papers that engage with the congress theme “@ the edge,” especially as related to the Victorian conceptions of the unseen. We suggest papers related (but not limited to) the following themes: 

• Victorians and ghosts, seers, spirits, the occult 
• Victorians and ether, magnetism, energy 
• Victorians and the edge of the “real,” 
• Victorians and the limits of human perception 
• Victorians and faith, agnosticism, atheism, unbelief 
• Victorians and space 
• Victorians and mapping/seeking the unknown 

Please send proposals of 300-500 words, along with 100-word abstracts and 50-word bios, to Lisa Surridge, lsurridg@uvic.ca. Materials must be received by November 1.